No Correlation Between Firearms per Capita and Homicide Rates

AmmoLand ^ | October 31, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

There is no correlation between the number of firearms per capita in the United States and the homicide rate.

[marktwain]

The per capita number of firearms goes up and up. The homicide rate goes up and down, up and down.

As many as 19 million firearms sold to the military (single shot, bolt action, semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and revolvers) could have been sold as surplus in the USA, and are not accounted for in the graph.

[fruser1]

Correlation or law of obviosity? i.e., can’t have a firearm injury or death if there is no firearm.

Sort of like saying having a vehicle increases your odds of having a traffic accident.

A non-statistic.

[marktwain]

How so? We are talking about total homicides, not just homicides committed with firearms.

[marktwain]

Correlation or law of obviosity? i.e., can’t have a firearm injury or death if there is no firearm.

You may have read a little too fast. The article says there is no correlation.

[SpaceBar]

The positive correlation is a racial/demographic one.

[ClearCase_guy]

I bet there is a correlation Between Firearms per Capita and robbery rates. More guns, less robbery.

[ComputerGuy]

Some populations are more prone to violence than others.

[grobdriver]

Bookmark.

[Bob434]

But I’ll bet there is a correlation between more guns and les crimes, and between demographics and crime/gun use in crimes- but msm would never print those facts.

[gnarledmaw]

Based on the years and what was happening at the time it seems that the federal government causes the homicide rate to go up.

[fruser1]

Ah, ok, thought they were referring to firearm only.

[Joe 6-pack]

The #1 leading cause of violent crime is violent criminals.

[zeugma]

Some populations are more prone to violence than others.

you are not allowed to point that out

[Qwapisking]

“IF guns are outlawed for American citizens only two types of criminals will have guns...those who don’t respect the badge and those who wear one” L.Star

[ComputerGuy]

I could always withdraw the comment, I suppose. Don’t hold your breath.

[marktwain]

Ah, ok, thought they were referring to firearm only.

I see that quite a bit. It is a way of lying with statistics.

What is the point of reducing homicides with firearms, if overall homicides stay the same or increase?

[ModelBreaker]

“What is the point of reducing homicides with firearms, if overall homicides stay the same or increase?”

1. Our ruling class thinks citizens with guns are icky?

2. It’s hard to have a credible revolt with clubs and knives?

[nicollo]

That’s an excellent chart that would be even more illuminating were we to add a line showing Democratic governance: it’d track the murder rate.

[SomeCallMeTim]

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